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A team of U.S. researchers has developed a postage stamp-sized diagnostic for hepatotoxicity and has used it to measure liver enzyme levels in human blood samples.¹ Diagnostics for All has exclusively licensed the device and is running field tests in Vietnam.

Blood tests for monitoring liver status in at-risk individuals receiving tuberculosis (TB) or HIV therapies are a standard practice.^2-4 In the developing world, however, logistical limitations can make it difficult and costly to monitor therapy-associated hepatotoxicity...